According to E News, Lil Xan appeared on Adam22's podcast, No Jumper, saying he's been extremely upset after Mac's death on September 7, calling Mac his hero.

"The Mac sh*t is crazy," he said. "I've been crying in my apartment, Mac didn't die, Mac didn't overdose." Mac's cause of death is still unclear, but the artist did talk about his drug use and struggle with sobriety when he was alive. In light of Mac's death, Lil Xan said he now hopes to get sober.

"I want to get sober now, completely sober, but its so hard. I just want to be off everything," he said. "I want to be like a normal person.... if I didn't have a tour coming up I would be in rehab right now."

It's always important to prioritize one's mental health, so we hope Lil Xan is able to get the help he wants. His being open and honest about wanting help is also important as it breaks down some of the stigma surrounding mental health and substance use treatment. In general, it's critical that we talk about substance dependence as exactly what it is — a disorder. Substance use disorder is a medically diagnosable condition that required certain treatments. Still, there's a lot of social stigma surrounding seeking that treatment because substance use disorder is still seen as a character flaw, rather than a medical condition. We of course have no idea about Lil Xan's substance use, and he may not have substance use disorder and just wants treatment to help him reach sobriety. But his statements help break down some of the stigma regardless of a diagnosis.

On the podcast, Lil Xan reportedly went on to call Mac his "hero," adding that his death has made him not "want to make music no more." He even got a new face tattoo to memorialize Mac.

He also shared that the last time he saw Mac, he had told him something that has stuck with him ever since.

"Before I left, he was like 'Be safe.' People say that you know, like 'be safe.' But he grabbed me, and he pulled me back and he was like 'No I mean BE SAFE.' That almost made me cry, that's my idol right there," Lil Xan said. "I keep thinking about that, how it resonated in my head, how those were his last words [to me]."